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** In "Two Bad Neighbors" (first aired January 14, 1996), Homer pranks [[George H. W. Bush]] with cardboard cut-outs of "George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush". According to the DVD commentary, the writers (and the 1996 audience) had no idea that George Bush, Sr. actually did have [[George W. Bush|a son who shared his name]] and thought it was just Homer being an idiot as usual. [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Four years later, and suddenly it's like Homer knew all along]].
** Abe Simpson once recalls his father talking about America being the greatest thing since sliced bread. He then says that sliced bread had been invented the previous winter. It was just meant as an old fart joke, but given that he served in WWII and [[wikipedia:Sliced bread#History the first automatic bread-slicing machine was invented in 1928]], the writers were surprisingly accurate with this one.
* Dolphins are frequently given an [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] as violent, venal and murderous animals, unlike their "actual" gentle and caring personality. As anyone who has studied dolphin behavior can tell you, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120118011910/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n3_v154/ai_21003387/ this interpretation is truer] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115201827/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1993-09-01/news/the-flap-over-flipper/ than you might believe]. It's not clear which, if any, writers knew this when they used it.
** ''The Simpsons'' did this in "Treehouse of Horror XI".
** ''The Pet Professional'' also did this.
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